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Lawsuit Demands Apple Blacklists Telegram Messaging App
Breitbart ^ | Januari 18 2021 | LUCAS NOLAN

Posted on 01/19/2021 12:53:42 AM PST by knighthawk

Tech giant Apple is reportedly being sued by a Washington nonprofit group in federal court that is demanding that the company remove the encrypted messaging app Telegram from its app store.

The Washington Post reports that a Washington nonprofit group called the Coalition for a Safer Web has sued tech giant Apple in federal court. The lawsuit, filed on Sunday, demands that the chat and social media app Telegram be removed from Apple’s App Store for failing to crack down on extremist conversation on its platform following protests at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

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1 posted on 01/19/2021 12:53:42 AM PST by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Is the “Coalition for a Safer Internet” secretly run by Facebook and Twitter, as well? Must be nice to have no competition.


2 posted on 01/19/2021 1:00:06 AM PST by No_Mas_Obama
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To: knighthawk

What a flaming idiot. If the judge was sane they would toss this with prejudice and sanction the filer for filing a frivolous lawsuit.


3 posted on 01/19/2021 1:23:28 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: knighthawk
protests at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

Just another "crisis" created by the Democrats for the purpose of taking advantage of it.

4 posted on 01/19/2021 1:28:13 AM PST by JennysCool (2020: Aging “world socialists” promoting their ideology by scaring the crap out of gullible people.)
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To: knighthawk

Cell phones should be outlawed because extremists use cell phones.


5 posted on 01/19/2021 1:28:39 AM PST by Maurice Tift (Never wear anything that panics the cat. -- P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: knighthawk

We should all file lawsuits against this idiot, claiming that their filing caused negligent infliction of emotional distress . Whaaaaah.


6 posted on 01/19/2021 1:34:13 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: knighthawk

Apple will do it.

Hong Kongese used it to get around Communist Chinese monitoring.
Conservatives should use it to get around Demonrat monitoring


7 posted on 01/19/2021 1:47:41 AM PST by Starcitizen (Thank you to the Senate for passing S.386, turning the US into the third-world shithole of India. )
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To: knighthawk

This stinks to high heaven of leftist collusion. This is how they advance their evil agenda. They bring up some bogus case before an Obama judge who then legislates from the bench. I bet everyone involved already has the script and their assigned roles.


8 posted on 01/19/2021 1:49:26 AM PST by Nateman (Keep Liberty Alive! Article V)
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To: knighthawk

Are there alternatives to the Apple app store? There are quite a few alternative to Google for Android.

Anyway, that shouldn’t stop people from getting the Telegram app. If the apps can install like Android apps, the file or files could be hosted by Telegram and/or other app sites.


9 posted on 01/19/2021 2:24:08 AM PST by familyop
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To: knighthawk

Imagine that. They have standing to sue.


10 posted on 01/19/2021 2:31:31 AM PST by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: knighthawk

James Comey was lobbying hard against encryption as FBI Director. His successors McCabe (Acting) and Wray continued his disregard for the Fourth Amendment.


11 posted on 01/19/2021 2:40:58 AM PST by Fedora
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To: piasa
The Coalition for a Safer Web's Team includes among others former Clinton ambassador Marc Ginsberg, a lobbyist linked to Soros's Turkish oil pipeline interests; its Advisory Board includes former RNC chairman Michael Steele, former Bush administration DHS director Tom Ridge, the CFR's Lester Crown. . .
12 posted on 01/19/2021 2:51:25 AM PST by Fedora
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To: familyop

Are there alternatives to the Apple app store? There are quite a few alternative to Google for Android.
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Not unless you jailbreak your phone. And that has the potential of breaking a lot of things and bricking your phone.


13 posted on 01/19/2021 3:00:55 AM PST by Starcitizen (Thank you to the Senate for passing S.386, turning the US into the third-world shithole of India. )
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To: knighthawk

Even if you don’t use the Apps, download Telegraph and Signal before they are removed from existence.....


14 posted on 01/19/2021 3:07:07 AM PST by srmanuel
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To: knighthawk

How do they have “standing” to bring such a suit?


15 posted on 01/19/2021 3:08:30 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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They are out to silence and destroy every business they don’t agree with. This is frightening stuff. Pretty much what the CCP is doing to Hong Kong


16 posted on 01/19/2021 3:14:06 AM PST by jersey117
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To: Fedora

Deeper Demoncrats all..


17 posted on 01/19/2021 3:49:45 AM PST by Shady (WHO MURDERED ASHLI BABBITT? )
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To: knighthawk

So how do they have “standing”?

This is just dumb.


18 posted on 01/19/2021 4:03:35 AM PST by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: Starcitizen
"Not unless you jailbreak your phone. And that has the potential of breaking a lot of things and bricking your phone."

Another reason to never buy an Apple product.

19 posted on 01/19/2021 4:09:12 AM PST by Wonder Warthog (No Longer Tolerating Trolls!)
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To: Wonder Warthog

I’m not too keen on Samsung this morning.

I just got notification that Samsung would brick the cell phone that I bought and paid for if I refuse to install their update.


20 posted on 01/19/2021 4:14:17 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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